Tutor: Waltraud Reiner

Class size: 11 people maximum

Bookings and info: www.artsfestgrafton.com

At this four-day workshop you will work with a range of materials, such as Sinamay, Jinsin and straw cloth, to make a hat that best suits the shape of your face. This workshop is ideal for the absolute beginner or those wishing to work more creatively with millinery materials.

Waltraud Reiner is an Austrian-born designer who built on her fashion degree by training in millinery in London with Rose Cory, milliner to the Queen Mother. She later worked for Philip Somerville, who at that time made hats for Diana, Princess of Wales. Waltraud has an incredible collection of hat blocks (as seen on the ABC’s Collectors program) and is a passionate teacher.

Course Outcome

Get in touch with your heart & soul on a creative level. Let your hands do what they want.
Work more with feelings & less with thinking. Learn how to fit & suit a hat to each individual person. You'll be amazed where this can take you !

Build on technical skills you already have. Understand & improve your blocking techniques. Increase the variety of ways you trim & finish hats.